Serosurvey of sheep and goats to Chlamydia psittaci in Slovakia during the years 1996-2000

M. Trávniček, D. Kováčová, P. Zubrický and L. Čisláková
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M. Trávniček: University of Veterinary Medicine, Košice, Slovak Republic
D. Kováčová: University of Veterinary Medicine, Košice, Slovak Republic
P. Zubrický: University of Veterinary Medicine, Košice, Slovak Republic
L. Čisláková: University of Veterinary Medicine, Košice, Slovak Republic

Veterinární medicína, 2001, vol. 46, issue 11-12, 281-285

Abstract: In the Slovak Republic during the years 1996-2000, total 30 278 blood samples from sheep and 4 756 from goats were examined serologically by the method of a complement fixation. The IgG antibodies against Chlamydia psittaci in sheep and goats according to individual years were as follows: 1996 - 6.37% sheep/3.94% goats, 1997 - 9.25%/10.02%, 1998 - 9.57%/2.96%, 1999 - 7.91%/3.69%, 2000 - 10.99%/6.08%, respectively. In most clinically healthy animals, the low levels of IgG antibodies in dilution of 1 : 16 to 1 : 32 were detected. In sheep during the years of 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 the high levels of IgG antibodies 1 : 256 to 1 : 1 024 were caught unambiguously testify to the chlamydial abortion in sheep. In goats, the high titres were caught in 1997 and 2000 - 1 : 256 to 1 : 512, also confirm the chlamydial aetiology of the infectious process.

Keywords: sheep; goats; Chlamydia psittaci; complement fixation; IgG antibodies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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